"And" for "But"

So try this practice: substitute the word and for the word but in all things for a week. I know it often doesn't make grammatical sense, and it allows us to be more inclusive about things. The use of and for but prevents us from excluding things, permits us to have a wider filter on things coming our way.

Don't we have an impulse to categorize things and people? Putting people in a classification is one of the first things I used to do. You are a Republican, you are a liberal, you are an elitist, you are a bigot, you are another label that probably doesn't really accurately describe who you are. When we categorize people like that we limit them, we cut their story short, we don't let them have access to all the other humanity they may be.

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